"I was appalled, because he just said how much he loved his wife," Michele continued, reflecting on the assault. "I felt violated. My mouth hurt. I was in absolute shock. I slowly packed up my kit hoping that by the time I was done, he’d have left the studio. But when I left, he was still in the lobby. Producers and everyone were still there."

Michele said he then asked her for a hug, and she felt she had no choice but to oblige.

She then pulled a producer aside and reported the incident.

"I told her how he kissed me, and she asked if it had happened before," Michele explained. "I said no, but they never hired me again. I called two or three weeks later, then again a month and two months later and I never heard from them again."

Recalling a second incident with someone she whose name she will "never reveal", Michele explained that she was invited to the person's home to discuss a potential role for her.

"He offered me a drink, and I said: 'No, I don’t drink,' and joked that if I had a drink, it would be a very different interview and laughed it off," she said.

"Instead of sitting across from me he sat next to me on the couch. I remember how I inched my way over until I hit the arm of the chair, before he put his hand up my shirt. I just slapped him. He then grabbed my arm, and it was a full-on fight."

She grabbed her purse and left.

"Until today, I’ve never said a word of this to anybody because I thought there was no point," Michele said.

"I know people would believe me, but I’d feel the impact more. And that’s what’s happening with Harvey Weinstein. Since he’s ruined and can’t put anyone in a movie or help a career, people have come out and told the world what he’s really like."

Michele began her career in showbiz in 1999 when she worked as a make-up artist. She later worked as a television host and reporter.